Josh Smith's Great Chat Show

Welcome to Chatterbox - a bite-sized taster of Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show. Josh dives into a round of conversation starters. Quick questions. Instinctive answers. Real, honest chat.

We’re throwing it back to our very first episode with Jason Isaacs.

From Lucius Malfoy to a darkly unforgettable Captain Hook, Isaacs has built an iconic career playing characters you love to hate - most recently earning a Golden Globe nomination for The White Lotus.

In this chat, he opens up about why silence can be more powerful than words, why he’s always been drawn to questioning authority - and whether he feels even slightly guilty about pushing Dobby down the stairs.
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Erin Kellyman is currently slaying it in 28 Years Later, cementing her place as one of the UK’s most exciting rising talents. Before 27, she’s built a remarkable CV - from Solo: A Star Wars Story to Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Eleanor the Great, the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson.

In this conversation with Josh, Erin opens up about growing up with anxiety, finding confidence through acting, the complexities of embracing queerness and female rage.

Erin also reveals the moment she realised she didn’t have to accept being treated differently on set - after doing her own hair for years - and why advocacy and allies matter. From female rage, to working on 28 Years Later, this is an honest, funny, and deeply human conversation about finding your voice and unlearning what you’ve been taught to tolerate.

00:00 – Teaser Trailer

00:53 – Guest Intro

01:11 – Fear of Fame & Stepping Into Visibility

02:17 – From Anxious Child to Confident Actor

04:13 – How Acting Found Erin

07:11 – Being Kicked Out Of Drama School

08:27 – Representation & Being Seen

10:14 – Identity, Sexuality & Coming Out

17:45 – Advocating for Yourself on Set

20:28 – Queer Visibility & Everyday Discrimination

26:22 – “What Should We Be Talking About More?”

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Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show (@joshsmithsgreatchatshow)

Brought you by Next Chapter Studios (@theNextChapterStudios)

Host: Josh Smith (@joshsmithhosts)

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Senior Producer: Bella Neale

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From ‘Tracy Beaker’ to a BAFTA Rising Star win and a leading role in Netflix’s ‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’, Mia McKenna-Bruce has grown into one of Britain’s most exciting talents.

In this deeply honest chat with Josh Mia opens up about burnout, motherhood, learning to advocate for herself after breaking her foot on set, unlearning people-pleasing, navigating life as a working mum, and why we need to be talking about consent more.

We also talk about Mia’s upcoming roles, including one of the year’s most anticipated TV series, The Lady, where she plays the dresser to the former Duchess of York, and her portrayal of Maureen Starkey, Ringo Starr’s first wife, in The Beatles biopic.

00:00 – Trailer
00:30 – Intro
01:05 – Her Greatest Chat: Helena Bonham Carter
02:10 – Why I’m bad at advocating for myself
02:45 – Breaking my foot… and saying “I’m fine”
04:00 – Fear of being labelled ‘difficult’
05:10 – Women, work, and burnout
06:40 – Growing up as a child actor
07:45 – Learning self-respect as an adult
08:40 – Motherhood, guilt, and ambition
10:00 – Why the world isn’t built for working mums
11:45 – Losing yourself after having a baby
13:40 – Acting as therapy
15:10 – Stepping away from acting at 18
16:45 – Australia, starting again, and finding purpose
18:30 – Rejection, auditions, and not taking it personally
20:00 – Why How to Have Sex mattered
22:00 – Consent, language, and unspoken experiences
24:00 – When men came forward after the film
26:00 – Sex education failed us
28:00 – Grief, humour, and talking it through
30:00 – Playing real women with real pain
33:30 – Class, power, and being judged
36:20 – Agatha Christie & The Beatles
38:50 – What should we be talking about more?
40:10 – Outro

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Brought you by Next Chapter Studios (@theNextChapterStudios)

Host: Josh Smith (@joshsmithhosts)

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Senior Producer: Bella Neale

This podcast is part of the Spotify Partner Programme. Follow Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show on Spotify and tap the 🔔 to be notified when new episodes drop.
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From Lucius Malfoy to a darkly unforgettable Captain Hook - Jason Isaacs has built an iconic career playing men you love to hate, most recently earning a Golden Globe nomination for ‘The White Lotus’.

In one of Josh’s most raw Great Chats, Jason opens up about addiction, sobriety, and the inner conversation that saved his life. Each episode ends with the same question “What should we be talking about more?” - and Jason offers one of the most urgent answers yet, stepping back to examine fear, power and inequality in the world of AI.

00:00 – Trailer
00:30 – Intro
01:05 – The greatest chat: a conversation with himself
02:20 – Hypnosis, childhood, and meeting four-year-old Jason
06:20 – Addiction hiding in plain sight
08:00 – Why sobriety took years, not days
10:10 – “My world just shrunk and the walls closed in”
12:00 – Loneliness after getting sober
13:45 – Learning how to live without substances
16:00 – Asking for help (again and again)
18:30 – Why self-esteem is built, not found
20:30 – Never fitting in - even with success
22:00 – What a ‘big break’ really looks like
25:00 – Fame, ego, and letting go of outcomes
28:30 – Awards, recognition, and separating ego
31:30 – Advocating for others when you couldn’t for yourself
35:00 – Anger, resentment, and choosing forgiveness
38:00 – Magic, obsession, and the need to belong
41:45 – What should we all be talking about more?
46:15 – Final line & outro

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Brought you by Next Chapter Studios (@theNextChapterStudios)

Host: Josh Smith (@joshsmithhosts)

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Senior Producer: Bella Neale

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Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte, Golda Rosheuvel, has built a formidable career across stage and screen.

In this chat with Josh, she reveals how ‘Bridgerton’ changed her life - for better and for worse, opens up about the love-altering conversation she had with her wife, fame’s hidden costs, and why vulnerability is her true power.

Golda also unpacks living with dyslexia, therapy, why imposter syndrome can actually be a good thing, and why vulnerability is the gateway to real human connection.

00:00 – Trailer
00:30 – Intro
1:05 – The chat that led to marriage
05:05 – Letting go of control
06:40 – Childhood, migration & the power of community
08:40 – Discipline, sport & training the mind
09:30 – Living and working with dyslexia
11:40 – The power of storytelling
13:20 – The failed audition that led to Queen Charlotte
15:45 – How Bridgerton changed her life (and made it smaller)
18:30 – Being queer & being told not to come out
21:30 – Therapy, mental health & imposter syndrome
30:00 – Vulnerability, friendship & real connection
34:30 – Fear, dreaming big & staying grounded
42:20 – Loneliness, fame & Queen Charlotte’s humanity
44:30 – Final question & outro

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Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show (@joshsmithsgreatchatshow)

Brought you by Next Chapter Studios (@theNextChapterStudios)

Host: Josh Smith (@joshsmithhosts)

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Senior Producer: Bella Neale

This podcast is part of the Spotify Partner Programme. Follow Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show on Spotify and tap the 🔔 to be notified when new episodes drop.
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